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Kansas City Massacre — Part 32
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fa immediately after the bank robbery at Fort Scott, Kansas, end. tnt’
‘a.:in-- Davis, Clark and Sawyer were convicted at Fort Scott and "sentenced. to*
the Kansas State Penitentiary pursuant to their arrest and identifi” :
‘of scratch vopees whic he” stated he found ‘dn! ‘possession ‘ot Jim Clerk;
7 Ed Davis and Bob Sawyer, He believés the paper was taken from the;
possession of Sawyer, « Evidently the plan is that ofa residence “an
o ‘underneath the same is written the words; *Pawhuska,'i1th Stree
Pruden Avenue, Louis Stivers ,: ‘Attorney. ae Tndien Agency.” ‘Phia pl
‘ was copied by Sheriff Butnér on a piece of his om’ paper and. ‘the :
7 ‘whereabouts of the original is not known. Whether or not it woulda bd
,. Bignificant. in thie investigation is problematical, It may refer ti
vn a place intended by Sawyer, Clark md Davis ‘to be ‘Sobbed ,.-Howe ‘
Ar. Butner ‘deli eved . that Stivers, ‘the ‘Attorney at. the: Indian’ “Agency
-might be a close friend of Bob Sawyer, a known dank. Topbery, ‘who | ‘is
-of Indian nationality,. and he, therefore, ‘pelieved-if possible that
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‘Stivers Bight be. in. the business pf. Pacelying. stolen. securities: from
; “the .Taripus dank: robbers. st se ws
7 Nir, putner’ also “founa tn ‘the’ possessié n of Davis’ a foal map. of Fansaa‘
“» and Oklahoma, showing road marks added in pencil ‘gndiceting a route
‘from Ft. Scott, Kansas, to Pawhuska, Oklahoma, by kay. of Seden, Kansa:
*, This map ie being preserved in the Kansas city file. ores
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On the map seized by ire * putner was also found a peveil note on one’ nae
poghte corner showing the name of Mrs, Strauzghton, Madison, Kansas. It is
Pe evident that lirs. Straughton may be a friend of Davis, and for this | 7
i reason investisation will be made at Madison, when an Agent is in ee
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No federal process ‘is outstanding for Davis in the ‘instant case at ;
present. However, he is an escape fron. a lite sentence both in the
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